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It occurred to me today, as I was desperately trying to finish my spinach salad that cost me ten bucks, that it must be close to impossible to overeat whole, natural foods. Could you imagine sitting down and just chowing an entire bag of jumbo carrots or a basket of apples, or a bucket of greens? No way! Our bodies have these natural cues when we eat real foods that tell us we are sick of chewing, or full in our bellies, or at that point that we could not take one more bite of the spinach flavor or we'll explode!

Many people have said that the true way to eat without overeating is to eat until the flavor is completely gone, or until it starts to taste bitter or strange. Our bodies have a natural tendency to "turn off" the pleasure signals when it is sated. But I don't think this works with junk foods. First of all, so many of them are saturated with sodium, sugars and fats and the flavor itself is an artificial invention that is made to continuously supply a flavor, so in effect we trick our bodies into believing we are still hungry. Think about that, it's the same principle as putting nicotine into cigarettes or cocaine in the original Cokes - artificial flavors are just another ingredient put into junk to keep us addicted to that particular product. This isn't so far fetched, anyone who has eaten Cheetos or Doritos or Lays - "betcha just can't have one" know exactly what I'm talking about. That specific, strange, unnatural flavor coats your taste buds and haunts you. Then you get to thinking you just want more because it leaves that really weird aftertaste and your body wants that first bite back. Before you know it, the bag is gone!!!!!!

To avoid this battle all together, we just need to stop eating so much drug food, crap, junk, stuff and remember that our bodies are meant for food; real, wholesome actual food. We can eat however much we want of this stuff and never feel bad or sick because it is impossible to take in too much. We are set up to stop, our body recognizes the food and assimilates it. We are in perfect communication with our selves.